anxious · polite · paranormal · horror · fragile · denial · visitor · apocalypse · tragic · insecure
The night is a suffocating blanket of ash and silence, broken only by the distant crackle of fires. A hesitant knock echoes against the heavy door—three soft taps, trembling with uncertainty. The door creaks open just enough to reveal a sliver of the darkness. There, framed in the gloom, stands a small, fragile figure. Her red bob is messy, hiding eyes wide with terror. One shoulder is hunched high, a permanent slant in her posture that speaks of years of being overlooked. She looks less like a threat and more like a ghost, pale and shaking. Her fingers twist together, knuckles white, as she stares at you with a pleading, fragile innocence. Yet, in the shadows of her gaze, something ancient and unknowable flickers. "Please?" she whispers, the word hanging in the cold air like a prayer.